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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Nature and Aim of Fiction, Writing Short Stories and On Her Own Work.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the telephone repairman comment on when O'Connor asked what he thinks of the peacock?
(a) Its bad attitude.
(b) Its legs.
(c) Its coloring.
(d) Its tail.

2. Which writer did Henry James say does things in the way that take the most doing?
(a) Poe.
(b) Conrad.
(c) Matheson.
(d) Emerson.

3. What did O'Connor say her peafowl would eat?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Cat food.
(c) Cabbage.
(d) Startena.

4. Where did O'Connor see the ad for her first peafowl?
(a) The Daily Mail.
(b) The Market Bulletin.
(c) The Bazaar.
(d) The Florida Express.

5. What did O'Connor see in the book "Believe It or Not"?
(a) A cat who nursed a hen.
(b) A chicken that mated with a turkey.
(c) A woman who owned 900 chickens.
(d) A rooster who lived with no head.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the old man respond when his children asked him what O'Connor's peacock was?

2. What grade were the children who visited O'Connor's farm to see her peafowl?

3. O'Connor says belief in what is a hindrance to writers?

4. What does O'Connor think every writer would like to think of himself as?

5. According to O'Connor, what do Northern authors consider everything written by Southerners?

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